Riverton Flood Reaches 24 Foot Crest Blocks Shenandoah River
Front Royal Virginia reports the Riverton Weather Bureau station measuring a 24 foot flood crest, the highest since 1924. Debris streams downstream carried boats and buildings as traffic paused on the South Fork bridge approach. The river receded to about 10.76 feet by morning, with May rainfall noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Riverton Station
United States Weather Bureau
South Branch
Shenandoah
L. W. Burke
Riverton
North Fork
Merchants To Hold First Regular Dinner Meeting
Front Royal merchants association schedules its first regular monthly dinner at Royal Club Inn tonight at 6 15. Previous gatherings were at Sentinel 6 20 or at president J Bryan Stokes store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal Retail Merchants Association
Royal Club Inn
Sentinel
J. Bryan Stokes
Duke Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for John R. Duke, noted Bentonville farmer, will be held tomorrow at 11 o clock from the Bentonville Baptist Church. The Rev E M Ramsey will conduct the rites. Duke was a lifelong resident. his wife died about a year ago. He is survived by a son and six daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front. Royal
John R. Duke
Bentonville
Marriage of Miss Hockman Announced in Front Royal
Front Royal December 3. Mr and Mrs Edgar Hockman announce the marriage of their daughter Phyllis to Mr Allen Goodwin of Ballston and Front Royal. The ceremony took place September 18 in Harper Ferry West Virginia. The bride attended Warren County high school and serves as secretary to H H Marlowe. The groom is a Ballston native graduate of WW and Lee high school and an athlete with Front Royal All Stars for three years. He also plays football with the Alexandria Fraters, a leading state team. The couple reside at the bride’s parents Virginia Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Edgar Hockman
Phyllis
Allen Goodwin
Ballston
Stephen Galley
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Goodwin
Warren County High School
H. H. Marlowe
Ww and Lee High School
Front Royal All Stars
Alexandria Fraters
Virginia Avenue
Merchants Open Drive For Trade In Front Royal
Front Royal merchants begin cooperative advertising with an eleven page circular of Christmas values to be mailed to every box holder in the trade area. The program includes free theater shows for shoppers with morning and afternoon screenings to attract public interest and thank local customers for the year’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal Merchants Association
Hold Service For Local Man in Front Royal
Funeral services for the late Joseph Cararotti were held at St. John's Catholic Church at ten o'clock. The Rev. Paul Heller officiated. Pallbearers were Hugh Reid, Worthy Swartz, Charles Menefee, Lacy McFall, Borden Wines and Thomas Downing. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Joseph Cararotti
St. John’s Catholic Church
Paul Heller
Hugh Reid
Worthy Swartz
Charles Menefee
Lacy McFall
Borden Wines
Thomas Downing
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Kathleen Warren returns to Washington after holidays with her parents the John Warrens. Cadets from Randolph Macon Academy attended the Army Navy game in Philadelphia. Several residents visit Springfield and Washington with Thanksgiving and weekend stays noted. Numerous guests and visits unfold across Front Royal and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County
Schilling, Brandt
Hauser
Hurley
Seaman
Robertson
Ewing
Randolph-Macon Academy
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
Fine Two On Traffic Count
Millard Saffell and Pete Martin were fined with costs in Judge Olmstead s court on a charge of reckless driving. The offense occurred on Royal Avenue in Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Millard Saffell
Pete Martin
Judge Olmstead
Royal Avenue
Livestock and Produce Market Reports From Philadelphia and Baltimore
Live poultry and fowl prices led the Philadelphia market with figures for Plymouth Rocks White Leghorns and other breeds plus dressed poultry and turkeys by weight. Butter egg values and milk product scores appear alongside steady egg receipts and regional pack quotes. Baltimore’s market followed with cattle hogs calves and sheep prices and mixed quality ranges across grades and weights.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Delaware
Maryland
Northwestern
Southwestern
Ryland
Midwest
Baltimore
Boxboard Plant Closes as Future in Doubt
Local boxboard plant shut down stirring uncertainty about its future. The notice mentions Mr. Keichhofer scheduled to appear tomorrow, with information from L J Meunier vice president and superintendent who attended a conference Saturday.
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Pege 1
Cal
Honolulu
T. H
Oaklaw
Rockford
New Yor City
Seattle
Wash
Milwaukee
Chicago
New Orleans
Keichhofer
L. J .Meunier
Happy Finance Outlook Held Up To President
President Roosevelt meets Treasury and public works officers at Warm Springs reporting a happy financial outlook and a request for new work relief outlay. Secretary Morgenthau and Secretary Ickes accompany him at the pool noting a very good reception for today’s 1.8 billion government financing offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Treasury
Public Works
Morgenthau
Ickes
All Americans Shooting Match in Cedarville Saturday
A shooting event occurs in Cedarville on Saturday December 8 at 10 o clock. Prizes include turkeys pigs beef and guinea fowls. Organizer is Leroy Fra listed with post 12 3 5t.
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Cedarville
Leroy Fra
Apple Market Quotations and European Prices Report
Quotation notes Winchester Martinsburg demand light and market steady. Carload prices vary by variety with U S No 1 staymen and Yorks detailed, European markets show improved apple prices and expected overseas absorption into spring. Virginia and West Virginia Yorks supplies noted with price ranges and exchange rates referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Martinsburg
U. S
Yorks
France
United States
Liverpool
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Stayman
Grain futures and cash prices across Wheat Corn Oats and more
Chicago and Baltimore witness closing grain quotes with Wheat No 2 red winter No 2 yellow corn and oats mixed Dec and May contracts. Lard bellies and soybeans shown with assorted No 1 and No 2 grades and spot values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Price List
Local wholesale market prices list various patent brand flours by bag size and per barrel weights. Prices show 98 lb, 48 lb, 24 lb, and 12 lb bag lots, with per barrel figures, plus shelled corn, cracked corn, mixed feed, and dairy and corn meal products. The document notes typographical errors may occur and is a daily market update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Eneosnes
Farm supply price list for livestock feed and dairy products
A historical price sheet lists items such as butter, creamery products, live poultry, pork, beef, eggs, and various feeds. Prices are given per hundredweight or per bag with numerous weights including 12 and 24 pound bags for corn meal and mixed feeds.
Market Snapshot of Selected Stocks at 2 PM
The 2 p.m. prices table lists Allied Chemical 136, American Can 104. American Smelters 35, American Tel and Tel 107. Atch Topeka and Santa Fe 55 42, Bethlehem Steels 30, Chrysler 39 3, Consol Gas of New York 24, Corn Products 66, General Electric 20, General Motors 32 54, Goodyear 24, International Harvester 38, Johns Manville 54, Montgomery Ward 29, New York Central 21, Penn Railroad 24, Standard Oil of New Jersey 42, Union Pacific 107, U S Steel 37, Woolworth 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka &S. Fe
Bethlehem Steels
Chrysler
Consol
Gas
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of
N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Death of Miss Augusta Louisa Smith at sister's home
Friends in Winchester report the death of Augusta Louisa Smith on November 29 at her sister Mrs Elonst Clair Hobbs in New York City. Funeral in St Pauls Alexandria VA at 3:30 PM with interment in Alexandria Cemetery. She was sister to the late Dr William Morgan Smith and daughter of Augustine Jaquelin Smith and Elizabeth Bedinger Morgan Smith. Surviving sisters include Mrs Everard Robinson Todd of Washington DC and Mrs R Bowen Daniel of Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Augusta Louisa Smith
Elon St. Clair Hobbs
New York City
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Miss Smith
William Morgan Smith
Richmond
Berryville
State Board of Health
Typhoon Haunts Luzon. Toll Climbs to 28 Dead, 70 Missing
Northern Luzon faced a new typhoon as reports from the November 29 strike area raised the death toll to 28 and 70 people remained missing. The latest storm’s course and intensity were not yet determined.
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Manila
Luzon
J Ed Ogden Dies At Berryville Heart Ailment
J Ermond Ogden 64 prominent Berryville citizen dies at home after a ten day illness from heart trouble. A lifelong resident from Parkersburg W Va he was town treasurer 25 years and active in Duncan Memorial Church. Survived by widow Mattie Dovell funeral at Duncan Memorial Church with Rev J H Brown Jr officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed and many town officials named as honoraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
J. Ermond Odgen
Mr. Odgen
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank R
Rachael Odgen
Odgen
Duncan Memorial Episcopal Church
South
Mattie Dovell
H. H
Betty Dovell
Mount Jackson
Dovell
Hugh Thomas
S. F. Baughman
J. E. L. Jones
Charles Phillips
E. G. Conner
William Dix
Charles Levi
George Levi
L. N. Russell
Lewis
Ni Glover
George N. Hardesty
William Stolle
P. W. Whitacre
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs J P Haddox
The funeral for Maria Virginia Haddox 79 wife of Capt J P Haddox was held Saturday at her South Loudoun Street home. Rev E T Clerk officiated with hymns Abide With Me Nearer My God To Thee and Asleep In Jesus. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Edgar Manson Ryland McInturff Robert F Brill Edward L Grim Thomas Clark and Dr E A Humston. Friends from Cincinnati Garrett and Philadelphia attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Virginia Haddox
J. P. Haddox
South Loudoun Street
E. T. Clerk
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Edgar Manson
Ryland McInturff
Robert F. Brill
Thomas Clark
E. A. Humston
Frank R. Gelhausen
Cincinnati
Bernard Redman
Garrett, Ind
Mary Louise Ryan
Philadelphia
Fauquier County
Ancient coral reefs found in Himalayas from Tethys sea
Fossil coral reefs reveal ancient seas in the Himalayas dating back about 240 million years to the Tethys Ocean. The finding underscores long history of plate tectonics and regional geology in South Asia.
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Himalayas
Tethys Sea
Frederick Goes On Trial In Circuit Court
Frederick faces circuit court trial following a fatal highway accident. Witnesses describe a drunken scene with a battered truck, a dead occupant, a gin bottle found under a seat, and injuries leading to a death. Prosecutor Burr Harrison presents the case as J Sloan Kuykendall defends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mr. Bayliss
John Gregory
J. W. Newcome
Bayliss
Burr P. Harrison
J. Sloan Kuykendall
John Willis
Jack
J. G. Baker
George M. Carson
C. A. Mcllwee
D. K. Russell
John E. Adams
Pred Ridings
B. V. Unger
J. W. Morrison
Bodies of Five Victims of Fire Recovered Near Wynne
In Wynne Arkansas five members of a family perished in a houseboat fire on the St Francis Bay shoreline seven miles east of Wynne. A mother father and their three children were recovered after attempts to rescue the youngsters. The victims were found burned.
Radio Program Schedule Highlights Old Line Network Night
Major stations WEAF WOR WJZ WABC broadcast a varied evening slate. Guests include the U S Army Band, the Shadow sketch, Lowell Thomas, Amos n Andy, plantation echoes, and the Lone Ranger. Special features note KYW station opening celebrations and an operetta.
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WEAF
Cugar
Woor
Uncle Don
WJZ
U. S. Army
WABC
Buck Rogers
Benson
Weaf—Press
WOR
Gabriel Heatter
Wjz—Press
Carol Deis
Billy Batchelor
Lowell Thomas
Wabc—Press
Ray Perkins
Wwoor
Amos
N’ Andy
WAMC
Myrt
Marge
Europe
James G. McDonald
Plantation
Red Davis
Paul Keast
Uncle Ezra
Boake Carter
Himber
Jan Garber
Robinson Buckaroos
Edwin C. Hill
Weaf—Symphony Orch
Rchestra
Weaf—Gypsies
Rosa Ponselle
Fritzi Scheff
Lum
Abner
Gluskin
Burnett
Weaf—Eastman
Sid Gary
America
Wayne King
KYW
Philadelphia
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Emery Deutsch
the Grummits
Hear the Christmas Carols with Philco All Wave Sets
Trade in your old radio for a new Philco.All Wave sets arrive for December 24 delivery payment plans from $1.50 weekly. 49 Philcos priced $20 to $200 in stock in all electric battery and 32 volt DC options.
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Philco
England
Spain
Germany
Phillos
D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
W. B. Thomason
Ubscription
S Telephone Front Royal 213
Shenandoah River
Miss Hockman
Kathleen Warren
Washington
John Warren
Mrs. M.B. Turner
Mrs
Eugene West
Thomas Johnston, Jr
Henry Bush
Randolph-Macon College
C. W. Burner
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jack Gibb
Washington, D. C
Frank Gibb
Rockledge
Rose Dennison
Roanoke
Aubrey Weaver
Mr. Kelsoe Daily
New York
Norman Shepherd
Betty Venable
W. E. Rudacille
Margaret Gassity
Helen Simons
Billy Simons
Harley Cooper
Fred Wayland
Rosalie Evans
Wyndham Lee
Thomas Johnston
Ashland
Lucien Moss
Markham
Harry Reid
Robert Leach
Frank Tipton
Frank Clark
Delmar Fewell
Warrenton
Joe Reid, Sr
Flint Hill
R. H. Reid
Robert
Washington, D.C
Lawrence Weaver
Brooke Weaver
Early Fox
Miss Leslie Fox
T. W. Tayloe
Farmville
Frank White
Mr. and
Charlie White
Linden
John Downing
The
Plains
Philip Triplett
Hume and
Middleburg
Happy Finance
J. Edward Jones Hoyalty Trust
P. C
Vermont Ave. Dist
Washington, V0. C
APPLE
Miggungs Sceesce
Tuadsasen
Esler Deae Creamery
Ogden
Frosty
American Oil Company
American Gas
Neculice
Radio Atlas
E. Boscawen Street
Stuart
E. C. Stuart
Shull
Miller & Anderson
John S. Sheppard
New York Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Edward P. Mulroney
Lawrence Tibbett
London
Berlin
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